Articles and Resources

Summer Planning

Americans and Taiwanese typically spend their summers in very different ways. ...

Case Study: Washington University in St. Louis

Our student wanted to study chemistry, one of the most popular majors due to ...

Case Study: Brown University

When we heard this student loved taking apart laptops and putting them back ...

ICRT Interview

ThinkSTEP founder Michael is on ICRT! Want to know more about the STEPs to ...

Case Study: UC Berkeley

Not all research opportunities are pretty, but they are definitely all ...

Case Study: Duke University

Many top universities do not require you to apply to a major, so an intense ...

Case Study: University of Chicago

When conducting self-discovery tests, ThinkSTEP learned that this student’s ...

Case Study: University of Virginia

Despite not having a particular motivation to study Kinesiology, ThinkSTEP ...

Case Study: UC-Irvine

While brainstorming for UC essays, this student considered the importance of ...

Case Study: UC-Berkeley

George received a scholarship to attend a private high school; he had always ...

Case Study: Cornell University

A teenager who grew up in poverty before being adopted has always had a soft ...

Inside the Admissions Process

Introduction When preparing to apply to American universities, most parents and ...